In het schooljaar 2013/2014 zijn in Leiden en Breda twee pilots van de Impulsklas van start gegaan. Dit programma richt zich op kinderen met werkhouding- en gedragsproblemen in de bovenbouw van het reguliere onderwijs. Deze pilots bestonden uit 12 ochtenden waarin de kinderen met hun ouders werkten …

Dit artikel beschrijft een deel van het onderzoek spel en depressie bij jonge kinderen.

Teaching students with behavioral problems is a challenge for many teachers in inclusive education. To assess a teacher's quality in teaching students with behavioral problems and to explore what differentiates them from less effective teachers, this study aimed to validate a method for measuring this …

The ideology of inclusive education signifies that every child should be able to attend a regular school, unless there are insoluble barriers which make this impossible. This principle is voiced in treaties such as the Salamanca Statement and the No Child Left Behind Act. Accordingly, many countries …

De laatste jaren is er groeiende aandacht voor meer- en hoogbegaafde leerlingen en voor het feit dat onderwijs aan deze leerlingen specifieke kennis en vaardigheden vraagt van leerkrachten. Het is daarom van belang dat lerarenopleidingen aandacht besteden aan het onderwijs aan hoogbegaafde leerlingen, …

Het belangrijkste doel van dit proefschrift was om te onderzoeken of depressieve kinderen specifieke spelkenmerken laten zien die hen onderscheiden van niet-depressieve leeftijdgenoten. Daarnaast wilden we ook onderzoeken of leerkrachten in de onderbouw van het basisonderwijs op basis van hun dagelijkse …

In response to demographic changes in the Netherlands, schools in the Dutch higher education sector aim to develop and implement diversity policies and interventions to increase the representation of ethnic minorities in the work place. How can such a structural movement for diversity development within …

Nowadays companies need higher educated engineers to develop their competences to enable them to innovate. This innovation competence is seen as a remedy for the minor profitable business they do during the financial crises. Innovation is an element to be developed on the one hand for big companies as …

The scope of policies within universities and professional practices is becoming increasingly global and more and more networks of professionals and researchers are conducting collaborative programmes and research projects. Translating these collaborations into flourishing practices is often more challenging …

The aim of this article is to consider the practical implications of international collaborative partnerships between and within Higher Education (HE) institutions in terms of the development of an international programme in Special Needs Education as well as its implementation. We look first at the …